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The story of philosophy : the lives and opinions of the greater philosophers

by: Durant, Will, 1885-1981

Publication date: 1926

Topics: Philosophy -- History, Philosophers, Philosophy, Philosophy

Publisher: New York : Simon and Schuster

Collection: marygrovecollege; internetarchivebooks; americana

Contributor: Internet Archive

Language: English

xiii, 577 pages : 25 cm

A brilliant and concise account of the lives and ideas of the great philosophers--Plato, Aristotle, Bacon, Spinoza, Voltaire, Kant, Schopenhauer, Spencer, Nietzsche, Bergson, Croce, Russell, Santayana, James and Dewey--The Story of Philosophy is one of the great books of our time. The Story of Philosophy is a key book for any reader who wishes to survey the history and development of philosophical ideas in the Western world

One leaf inserted between p. xii and xiii

Includes index

Plato -- Aristotle and Greek science -- Francis Bacon -- Spinoza -- Voltaire and the French enlightenment -- Immanuel Kant and German idealism --Schopenhauer -- Herbert Spencer -- Friedrich Nietzsche -- Contemporary European philosophers -- Contemporary American philosophers

Includes bibliographical references